The capital of Nicaragua is Managua and back on December 23, 1972 there was a massive earthquake which destroyed 90% of the city and killed more than 19,120 people. The city was simply not repairable so they hit on a possibly unique solution they would build round the ruins and leave the centre to either be demolished or just collapse into itself as they abandoned the area. This means that any traveller assuming that you normally head for the city centre when visiting a new place would be very confused because there is almost nothing there, the entire city is now effectively suburbs. However even when I was there in 2006 the locals still gave directions as "you go past where the library was and then skip 3 streets that aren't there anymore, turn left by where the bus station used to be and you'll get to the cathedral"

See I found that REALLY interesting Bouncy. I visited a huge abandoned mine once. Seeing huge machines left to rot and the rail links and infrastructure. I went out on a walkway before i realised it was ... moving in a very bad way. Took me half an hour to inch my way back expecting to plummet in a cascade of tons of steel.